The Second Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש meaning 'Holy House') was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem which stood between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It is also known as Herod's Temple. During this time, it was the center of Jewishworship. The Romans destroyed Jerusalem and its Second Temple on August 4, 70 CE.

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Solomon's Temple which was on the site prior to the building of the Second Temple

The Foundation Stone under the Dome of the Rock, a possible historical location for the Kodesh Hakodashim

Proposed reconstruction of Robinson's Arch

Roman triumphal procession with spoils from the Temple, depicted on the inside wall of the Arch of Titus in Rome

The Madaba Map depiction of 6th-century Aelia Capitolina has the Cardo Maximus, the town’s main street, beginning at the northern gate, today's Damascus Gate, and traversing the city in a straight line from north to south to "Nea Church".

Robinson's Arch – remains of the entrance built by Herod to the Royal Colonnade

Remnants of the 1st century Stairs of Ascent, discovered by archaeologist Benjamin Mazar, to the entrance of the Temple Courtyard. Pilgrims coming to make sacrifices at the Temple would have entered and exited by this stairway.

The Trumpeting Place inscription, a stone (2.43x1 m) with Hebrew inscription "To the Trumpeting Place" excavated by Benjamin Mazar at the southern foot of the Temple Mount is believed to be a part of the Second Temple.

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